This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Michael Gamble=20 To: Robin Stevens=20 Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2004 8:56 PM Subject: Re: Odd tuning system Hello List and Robin Apologies, Robin - a slip of the proverbial whotsit. You commented:"I = would assume that the top of the pin comes off to fit the = string...somehow???" That brass cap, if I remember rightly, merely = captivates the bent-over end of the string against the outside edge of = that strange, hollow, tuning-pin core to which it is attached. You must = carefully remove that cap by prising it off. Do take some piccies for = the list as you do this. Then you'll be on your own from there for I = simply cannot remember why there were difficulties is cutting off the = string at the right place in order that it conform to its fellows when = tensioned up to pitch. I am pretty sure this piano is strung = "individually" - not "paired" and you will have to allow also for the = amount of pull-up from the new hitch-pin loop. This loop is - if I = remember a-right - the Broadwood Double Hitch Loop. That is, the string = is wound around the hitch pin twice before being wound closely around = itself for three turns. Before cutting off, the "tail" must be slightly = angled toward the loop and a tail of about 1/4" left so it has no = inclination to "unravel". Experiment and have a good time! Don't forget the oiling can! For this = is a light engineering job! Regards from Michael G (UK) (full moon and a few scudding clouds in a moderate wind = tonight...) ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/9d/a2/67/3a/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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